Red Velvet Brownie Pops with Cream Cheese Icing

You can make these into cake pops if you have a baby cake maker! If not, preheat oven to 350ºF and make these into regular brownies.

Melt butter in a bowl with chocolate for 30 seconds. Remove and stir. Repeat until melted and smooth.
Add to your electric mixer affixed with the paddle attachment.

Add sugar. Add eggs one at a time until mixed in. Slowly add flour. Add food coloring, baking powder, vanilla, and salt.

If using a baby cake maker, add 1 tablespoon of batter to each hole. Close maker and bake for 5 minutes. Remove and place on a cooling rack. Repeat until all batter is used. After cooled, insert a lollipop stick into each cake ball using a bit of icing to keep it in place.

If baking as brownies, place in a 9×13 inch pan. Bake at 350ºF for 44-48 minutes.

For the cream cheese icing:

Mix together butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Add powdered sugar, salt and vanilla extract. Mix until blended.

Ice the top of cake pops or brownies.

Optional: sprinkle with some red sugar.